Salah Abu Seif, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salah Abu Seif

film director

Date of Birth: 10-May-1915

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 23-Jun-1996

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Salah Abu Seif (Arabic: ???? ??? ????, ?ala? Abu Sayf) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egypt.
Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics.
His film Bidaya wa nihaya (1960) was the first adaptation a novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. He is sometimes credited as Salah Abu Saif, Salah Abou Seif or Salah Abouseif.
In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.